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First dates can be [romantic / romance] and the start of a beautiful relationship. However, many people [wander / wonder] when the best time is to [contact / contract] their partner after that first [met / meeting] . Scientists studied the best time to [sending / send] a text after a first date. Researchers at Leuphana University in Germany asked 500 people about [this / a] matter and published their findings in [a / the] Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. The researchers found the best time to text [is / for] the morning after the date. This shows the other person you are [happy / happily] and are interested in a second date. They said waiting too long could be a mistake because it sends the [wrongly / wrong] message that you are not interested.

The study [involving / involved] asking the test participants to imagine having an enjoyable first date at a nice Italian restaurant. They then had to [date / rate] how much they wanted a second meeting, [depends / depending] on when they received a text from [their / them] date. They had to decide whether [being / been] texted the next morning or two days later made them feel happiest. The researchers said a follow-up text the morning [later / after] the date made people want to take the relationship [fur / further] . The Psychology Today website agreed and wrote: "A next-morning text [show / shows] you're interested and had a good time." The study looked at texting - the [much / more] modern way of communication. It did not look into traditional [phone / phoning] calls.